MyBB Installation and Confugaturation

MyBB Requirements

  • Your Web hosting should support PHP 4.0 or latest PHP version and MySQL
  • download Latest MyBB Version
  • Extract All file and upload on your web host using any FTP Program
  • Now login your web hosting control panel (cpanel/plesk) and create database for mybb forum
  • Then create username and password against this database
  • If all files successfully uploaded, then chmod following files as 777
    1. inc/config.php
    2. inc/settings.php
    3. uploads/
    4. uploads/avtars/
    5. cache/
  • Now start work on installation

 

Welcome Screen

This page welcomes you to the installer. You dont need to do anything on this, click the "Next" button

License Agreement

Read license agreement and if you are agree then click "Next" button.

Requirement Check

This step checks server requirements for MyBB. If it does not, you will be notified on this page. If everything is working correctly, all you need to do is click on the "Next" button.

Database Configuration

This page is for the configuration of your database. Below we explain of each field:

Database Engine
This is the engine that you wish to use. At most, the options available will be MySQL, MySQL Improved, SQLite 2, SQLite 3, or PgSQL. Most likely, there is only MySQL or something similar, so this should be the right choice for you. If you have the option between MySQL and MySQL Improved, usually the Improved is the better choice.
Database Host
Give your host name, 99% your host name is localhost, you enter here "localhost"
Database Username
Enater database username that you created for MyBB. .
Database Password
Enter password for the database username that you assigned against username.
Database Name
Enter database name that you have create for mybb.
 
 
 
Table Prefix
Use prefix for database, by default you will found mybb_, you can change it.

Once you have entered the details correctly, you should click on the "Next" button . If the installer cannot access the database, it means you have enter incorrect information, so correct your database information.

If you are having trouble with this step, contact your webhosting company. you can also see your database information in your web hosting control panel (eg. cPanel, Plesk).

In this step, the database tables are inserted, so click the "Next" button when it appears. This page may take several moments to load, so be patient

Table Population

In this step, the default data is inserted into the database tables created above. click the "Next" button when it appears.

Theme Installation

The theme data is loaded into the forum at this point. No input required for this step, so click the "Next" button when it appears.

Board Configuration

Forum Name
This is the name of the forums that you are installing. By default, it is "Forums"
Forum URL
This is the URL to your forums. This should be filled in automatically, but it is always good to make sure that the URL is correct
Website Name
Add Your website Name here.
Website URL
This is the URL to your website.
Cookie Domain
add appropriate data or use by default data
Cookie Path
This is the path for the cookie to be set to. If you have more than one MyBB installation on the domain, it is recommended that you change this to the path to your forum (for instance, /forums/).
Contact Email
Add your email address that users use to contacting you.

Create Admin Account

Add username, password and email address for create admin account

Finish Setup

Congratultation! You have installed your forum successfully

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